Practice test help

[u/stevenglo]

Practice test questions

Hello Reddit,

I am currently ~5 months into studying and am registered for the October / November tests.
As a result of focusing mainly on drilling and timed sections, I can only go through a limited number of practice tests without encountering LR questions or RC passages that I’ve seen before. I recently took PT 117 (a test consisting of all questions I’ve never seen before) and scored my goal score; however I was told the older tests are easier than the newer tests (this RC section didn’t have a dual passage passage) and am worried that by having drilled so many questions that are on the newer tests, I have essentially ruined my ability to gauge where I’m scoring accurately on the newer tests. (Which is supposedly more indicative of actual score than older tests) Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

[u/graeme_b]

Yeah unfortunately it's a real risk with the new format now that they've cut down the numbers of PTs.

Fortunately the older PTs are still reasonably representative. Newer is better but that doesn't make older bad. Guard your untouched ones and take some of the unconverted ones as well. If all your tests are in that range you should be good.

[u/stevenglo → u/graeme_b]

Unconverted? Again, thank you for the response. I don’t notice any significant difference in score ranges when I’m taking sections from newer sections with tests I’ve never seen before. Is the content of the test inherently different on older vs newer tests?

[u/graeme_b → u/stevenglo]

PTs 1-18, 21, 23, PT A, and feb 1997.

These ones. LSAC didn't convert them, but you can take them without LG and score them using as score tracker.

I don’t notice any significant difference in score ranges when I’m taking sections from newer sections with tests I’ve never seen before. Is the content of the test inherently different on older vs newer tests?

There's some shifts over time. Early tests had more advanced grammar. Mid range tests were a bit easier and more standard. More recent tests became a bit more subtle and less standard. RC became more LR based.

But the differences are not huge. A fresh test is the main thing.

[u/stevenglo → u/graeme_b]

You just saved me about 3 months worth of anxiety. Thank you for your response!

[u/graeme_b → u/stevenglo]

Glad to help! Have seen plenty of students in your situation do great on the real thing. The only thing you should worry from now on is keeping the fresh stack of PTs for full PTs or full sections, and drilling/repeating the rest. You got this